We are kind of frantic now as we went out t check on them and feed and waer and all that but cannot find the poor little chick!! I am pretty worried as DH is working to find it.......
Great!! I am hoping this will work but my maybe bigger problem is that she is in a nesting box in the coop and I am thinking that maybe we should have moved her already??
I have a hatch going in the bator and a broody hen and both are hatching at the same time now....so the question is.....If I put her in the tractor with her chicks can I just add the chicks from the inside hatch to her's??? any ideas on this or has anyone else done this before???
These are mostly to refresh my memory, but here goes...I decided to hatch some more of my own eggs since the last hatch was somewhat botched by the good ole power...pole on fire and lost power during incubation and then of course they decided to come replace the pole the day of the hatch so I...
I did think about doing that with the bator while they are changing out the poles....my main problem is that it may be really cold outside so adjusting the temps may be an issue???
I can never remember which day is lock down day....I set my eggs on March 30th, pulled 5 eggs out that were not growing or duds at 7 days, and pulled 4 more that seemed to have died off....my major problem is that over the weekend the electric pole started on fire and we were without power for...
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this pic was taken last august, right now they are sticks with a few leaves starting to sprout, cant wait for roses, I need more english ones...anyone know the best online source? I have the catalog from DA, but seems pretty $$$ compared to even nurseries when I can find them that is...
Beautiful roses....they look so great!! Mine are still under snow as it is just now melting away here in South Dakota,,,I had heard the coffee grounds before but never had great luck, maybe not enough?? Sprite, now that is interesting, and well worth a try and not an expensive one either.....
I love having rose bushes but am not very well at getting them to grow the beautiful roses that my friends dh does....although I have asked for his secret.....I will be very interested in learning secrets if they are posted here.
Is the only way to really know if my rooster is doing his job to do a sample hatching to check for fertility? I have 13 hens with 1 rooster and he seems to be doing his business but I am curious as to if the eggs are fertile. DH would kill me if I got more chicks but maybe just a few in the...
1) What type of bird , age and weight. SLW, 3 YEARS, IDK WEIGHT RED, UNSURE OF BREED, 3 YEARS, IDK WEIGHT AND CALIFORNIA WHITE, 3 YEARS, SMALLER SIZED BIRD TO BEGIN WITH
2) What is the behavior, exactly. SLW WOULDN'T GO OUTSIDE FOR ABOUT 3 WEEKS, THEN WOULD JUST SQUAT FOR A...
They are on layer feed from the feed store and I have a second coop that is fine. The temps only really dropped this past week as we had a quick blizzard for new years and are comeing back above 0. They also have a heating lamp to help keep the coop about 25 to 30 degrees inside.
Over the last 2 months I have lsot 3 chickens. They were all on the older side of my flock as in they were all in the 3 year old range. The first one, a slw, acted strange for about 3 weeks and then the last day would just squat when we entered the coop and died the next day. The next one, a red...
They were both on the older side....about 3 years old.
Will have to ask hubby about worming...if they weren't, what do you use? The same as for dogs/cats??
The slw stayed in the coop for about 3 weeks before and then just started sqatting when we would go out to feed them. Then a couple of days after noticing that she was gone.
The red one just started acting sick maybe for 3 days and then we noticed last naight that she was acting the same...
I have lost 2 chickens in the last 2 months. The first one acted a little strange for a week and then just died. She was a slw. Now this month my red chicken that I got from a neighbor last year has died. She kind of acted the same way but only for about a day and then died during the night. any...
I am just south of there really just down hwy 281!! I love South Dakota and there isn't much difference in weather. I moved form the city to the country a few years back and that was my big sacrafice for love, but it is so much better now. I gave up a decent job after our 4th child to stay home...
East central South Dakota and no snow and better yet no snow in the forcast.....yet. We did have about an inch a few weeks ago and I agree with the other person who said that was enough until spring!! The rivers are still up from all the rain this past spring and I hate it when it floods!!